Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Dan Devine) —Kristaps Porzingis says he wants to stay in New York for the rest of his career. This hasn’t exactly been the smoothest summer for Kristaps Porzingis and the New York Knicks. After another disappointing season in which the 7-foot-3 forward admitted he’d felt frustrated by the franchise’s ongoing dysfunction and the lack of on-court success that has come with it, Porzingis chose not to...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Dan Devine) —It used to be that every nation competing in the men’s basketball tournament at the Summer Olympics could employ professional players … except the United States. This, mostly, was fine. U.S. teams staffed by college stars had dominated international play since its inception, winning gold in nine of the first 11 Olympic competitions. (In 1972, Team USA lost a one-point decision to the Soviet...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Ben Rohrbach) —Believe it or not, Carmelo Anthony wants to trade places with Ryan Anderson. (AP) Carmelo Anthony has reportedly whittled his list of potential trade destinations down to one, which means the staring contest between New York Knicks and their disgruntled star is coming into focus. The ongoing Kyrie Irving saga has given Anthony pause about waiving his no-trade clause to join Banana...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Ben Rohrbach) —Tracy McGrady drives past J.R. Smith during a 2008 game. (AP) J.R. Smith essentially quit on the New York Knicks by 2014. Off the court, he was “ exhibiting some delinquent behavior ” and skipping team meetings. On the court, he began untied opposing players’ shoes , hit them in the groin , and pulled down their headbands . And when he was finally dumped on the Cleveland Cavaliers, Smith...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Dan Devine) —Kyrie Irving gives instructions at a basketball clinic in Taiwan on July 22, 2017. (AP) Despite a half-dozen reported offers and interest from some two-thirds of the league, Kyrie Irving is — for the moment, at least — still a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. But after he requested a trade away from the Cavs coming off three straight NBA Finals runs alongside LeBron James, some in...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Dan Devine) —The Wolves have to decide whether to commit to Andrew Wiggins for the long haul. (AP) After a somewhat disappointing first season under new head coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau, the Minnesota Timberwolves have made major changes this summer in pursuit of the franchise’s first postseason berth since 2004. Thibs pulled off a draft-night heist to import his former...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Vikram Bodas) — Brandon Jennings will play in China. (Getty) Free-agent point guard Brandon Jennings is headed back overseas. The 27-year-old signed a $1.5 million deal to play for China Shanxi on Friday, as first reported by The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears . This will be Jennings’ second stint overseas after famously becoming the first high school player to play abroad in order to satisfy the...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Dan Devine) —Kyrie Irving raises a tiny trophy as LeBron James looks uncomfortable. (AP) In the week since the NBA world learned that Kyrie Irving had requested a trade away from the Cleveland Cavaliers, we’ve wondered which path the Cavs will take, which teams might throw their hats into the ring for the 25-year-old All-Star’s services, and whether it makes sense for Cleveland to grant Irving’s...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Ben Rohrbach) —Lamar Odom returned to the Staples Center as a guest of Kobe Bryant in March 2016. (AP) In an emotional Players’ Tribune piece , former Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom ranged from comedic self-deprecation to tragic introspection, opening up on his drug addiction like never before. “I’m sober now,” he said. “But it’s an everyday struggle. I have an addiction. I’ll always have an...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Ben Rohrbach) —Kyrie Irving may be singing to LeBron James. (AP) With news of Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving’s trade request and the ensuing fallout, including LeBron James singing on Instagram , “N—— said they with you when they really not,” and the four-time MVP tweeting denials of reports he was “eager” to see Irving dealt and “tempted to beat his a—” if they crossed paths,...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Henry Bushnell) —Carmelo Anthony could soon be heading west. (Getty) It has been 13 days since a deal that would send Carmelo Anthony to the Houston Rockets was reportedly “at the two-yard line.” But as August approaches and the NBA prepares to go quiet, Anthony is still in New York. He remains a Knick, until we hear otherwise. Daryl Morey, apparently, needs to work on his red-zone offense. While Morey...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Ben Rohrbach) —Knicks owner James Dolan (left) has a rooting interest in keeping Clippers owner Steve Ballmer (right) out of Inglewood. (AP) In a roundabout way, the New York Knicks plan to sue in order to prevent the Los Angeles Clippers from moving to Inglewood, Calif., and this time Knicks owner James Dolan might actually in the right. If you’re wondering why, here’s the long and short of it: Dolan...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Henry Bushnell) —(Getty) So Kyrie Irving is on the trading block. Not by Cleveland’s choice, but out of necessity after Irving reportedly met with Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert last week and requested a trade . And now the Cavs must decide how to respond to Irving’s request . Irving, at last week’s meeting, reportedly mentioned the San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami...

Yahoo.com: Ball Don't Lie (Ben Rohrbach) —Carmelo Anthony probably wouldn’t mind trading places with Ryan Anderson. (AP) As the yearlong power struggle between franchise and player rages on in New York, Knicks star Carmelo Anthony is reportedly willing to make yet another contractual concession in order to facilitate a trade to one of the two contending teams that feature his bestest Banana Boat buds . Anthony is willing to...